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How to get ahead in ... dietetics and nutritionhttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/nov/28/get-ahead-diet-nutrition-careers-advice
Advising patients on healthy eating is a varied role, and with obesity on the rise, the responsibilites of a dietician are growing<p>There isn't a more rewarding job in the world, according to Rachel Cooke. "I know I couldn't have chosen a better career. No two days are ever the same", she says. "I work within two great teams, and am lucky in that I get up and love going to work. You can't say better than that."</p><p>Cooke is among the 8,302 professionally qualified dietitians in the UK who are experts, trained to assess, diagnose and treat patients with diet or nutrition problems. It is estimated that around 65% of those registered with the <a href="http://www.hpc-uk.org/" title="">Health and Care Professions Council </a>work in the NHS.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/nov/28/get-ahead-diet-nutrition-careers-advice">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkPublic healthLeadership and managementHealthDiabetesPublic sector careersWorkforceCareersThu, 28 Nov 2013 09:00:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/nov/28/get-ahead-diet-nutrition-careers-advicePhotograph: Voisin/Phanie/Rex FeaturesThere are 8,302 qualified dieticians in the UK, around 65% of whom are registered with the NHS. Photograph: Voisin/Phanie/Rex FeaturesPhotograph: Voisin/Phanie/Rex FeaturesThere are 8,302 qualified dieticians in the UK, around 65% of whom are registered with the NHS. Photograph: Voisin/Phanie/Rex FeaturesDebbie Andalo2013-11-28T09:00:03ZHow to get ahead in ... the NHS graduate management schemehttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/oct/09/nhs-graduate-management-scheme-applications
Applications for the next cohort opened this week and, with competition expected to be fierce, it's important to be up to date on the NHS reforms and issues<p>Melissa Surgery always thought her anatomy degree would lead her down an academic path into medical research and a PhD. But after two years at university in Manchester, she realised she would prefer a career which was more "people-oriented" so, after graduating with a 2:1 last summer, she applied to join the NHS graduate management scheme.</p><p>"It appealed because it fitted in with my interests and skills. I also liked the fact that I could take on a full-time role with a lot of responsibility but within a supportive environment where I was going to be trained and developed," says 22-year old Surgery, who has just finished the first year of the two-year graduate general management stream.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/oct/09/nhs-graduate-management-scheme-applications">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkLeadership and managementNHSHealthSocietyCareersWed, 09 Oct 2013 07:30:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/oct/09/nhs-graduate-management-scheme-applicationsPhotograph: AlamyThe NHS graduate management scheme has four schemes – general management, finance, HR and health informatics. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyThe NHS graduate management scheme has four schemes – general management, finance, HR and health informatics. Photograph: AlamyDebbie Andalo2013-10-09T07:30:01ZHow to get ahead in ... the NHS Leadership Academyhttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/sep/11/get-ahead-nhs-leadership-academy
The NHS Leadership Academy is looking for 35 faculty members to join its ranks and support members through a time of change<p>Simon Bird was one of the first faculty members of the <a href="http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/" title="">NHS Leadership Academy</a>. He is among 20 experts the academy can call on to help design and deliver its leadership programmes.</p><p>Bird, who is associate director for management consultants <a href="http://www.haygroup.com/uk/" title="">Hay Group</a> in its public sector team, was attracted to the role not because of the prestige it might offer but because he felt he could make a difference. He says: "I don't know if anybody would know what a faculty member was outside a small handful of people. I didn't apply for the faculty role for that reason. For me it was about being attached to an organisation which is trying to do the most ambitious leadership project in the world. That is a much better story but it can't harm to have it on your CV."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/sep/11/get-ahead-nhs-leadership-academy">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkLeadership and managementWorkforcePublic sector careersNHSHealthSocietyCareersWed, 11 Sep 2013 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/sep/11/get-ahead-nhs-leadership-academyPhotograph: Christopher ThomondFaculty members come from a range of backgrounds, but most have some kind of NHS experience. Photograph: Christopher ThomondPhotograph: Christopher ThomondFaculty members come from a range of backgrounds, but most have some kind of NHS experience. Photograph: Christopher ThomondDebbie Andalo2013-09-11T09:00:00ZHow to get ahead in ... NHS interim managementhttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/jul/31/get-ahead-nhs-interim-management
Opportunities are opening up in the 'buoyant' market for those with a private sector background<p>The Francis and Keogh reports, which highlighted the need to put quality of care in the NHS back centre stage, are creating new opportunities for interim managers, it has emerged. Trusts are beginning to look for interims with both clinical expertise and experience of transformation to help identify how to create high-quality patient care.</p><p>The current NHS interim recruitment market, described as "buoyant" and "busy" by some specialist recruiters, still has vacancies for experienced senior managers with financial acumen. But they say the tradition of the NHS preferring to take on interims with exclusive NHS experience may start to disappear – opening up the door for those with a background in the private sector.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/jul/31/get-ahead-nhs-interim-management">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkNHSHealthSocietyWork practicesLeadership and managementCareersWed, 31 Jul 2013 09:30:43 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/jul/31/get-ahead-nhs-interim-managementPhotograph: David Jones/PA Archive/Press Association ImaThe Francis and Keogh reports have created new opportunities for interim managers from a private sector background. Photograph: David Jones/PA Archive/Press Association ImaPhotograph: David Jones/PA Archive/Press Association ImaThe Francis and Keogh reports have created new opportunities for interim managers from a private sector background. Photograph: David Jones/PA Archive/Press Association ImaDebbie Andalo2013-07-31T09:30:43ZHow to get ahead in ... NHS leadershiphttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/may/08/get-ahead-nhs-leadership
Applications are open for the largest ever NHS development programme, aimed at changing the culture of the health service<p>Applications have opened for the largest ever <a href="http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/about/media/news/programmes/largest-ever-nhs-development-programme-launches-today/" title="">leadership development programme </a>in the world, which is aimed at changing the culture of the NHS. Described as leadership development on an "industrial scale never seen before in the NHS", it is anticipated that at least 25,000 staff from any professional background or managerial role will be put through one of the four programmes in its first three years.</p><p>The intention, according to the <a href="http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/" title="">NHS Academy</a>, which is behind the £48m initiative, is that the qualifications will become the gold standard and will be written into any job description for a leadership role in the NHS in the future. "I think that as we go through the next five or 10 years, if we achieve our aim, every aspiring first-line leader, whether you are already a leader or hold an executive leadership position, will assume these routes as appropriate for their development and qualification. People who select leaders will look for these qualifications and short list accordingly," says Chris Lake, the academy's head of professional development.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/may/08/get-ahead-nhs-leadership">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkLeadership and managementWorkforceSocietyNHSHealthPublic sector careersPublic Leaders NetworkHealth and social careCareersWed, 08 May 2013 09:00:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/may/08/get-ahead-nhs-leadershipPhotograph: Amoret Tanner / Alamy/AlamyCrimean war nurse Mary Seacole pictured in 1860. All four schemes have been named after health service pioneers. Photograph: Amoret Tanner/AlamyPhotograph: Amoret Tanner / Alamy/AlamyCrimean war nurse Mary Seacole pictured in 1860. All four schemes have been named after health service pioneers. Photograph: Amoret Tanner/AlamyDebbie Andalo2013-05-08T09:00:03ZHow to get ahead in … the paramedic servicehttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/feb/20/how-get-ahead-paramedic-service
The number of paramedics has risen dramatically in the past five years in some parts of the UK. How is the service is changing?<p>The paramedic service is changing. The role of ambulance technician – the traditional ambulance driver trained to deliver emergency care – is disappearing and being replaced with emergency care assistants (ECAs) or support workers.</p><p>The relationship between ECAs and paramedics is similar to that already established in nursing where healthcare assistants provide support and take some of the workload away from nurses.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/feb/20/how-get-ahead-paramedic-service">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkHospitals and acute careWork practicesWorkforceLeadership and managementPublic sector careersSocietyNHSHealthCareersWed, 20 Feb 2013 09:55:59 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/feb/20/how-get-ahead-paramedic-servicePhotograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/APCareer opportunities for paramedics are broadening. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/APPhotograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/APCareer opportunities for paramedics are broadening. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/APDebbie Andalo2013-02-20T09:55:59ZHow to get ahead in ... NHS inclusion and equality programmeshttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/dec/19/equality-leadership-nhs-how-to-get-ahead
The first professional development programme for those in the sector has been developed by the NHS Leadership Academy<p>Equality and diversity leads in NHS organisations often find themselves stuck in their middle management role with little prospect of moving up the career ladder. Lack of a defined career path for what is often seen as a niche job, hampers their progress even if their knowledge about the inclusion agenda, and how to reach minority groups, is vital to improving the workplace environment and boosting patient care.</p><p>Now the NHS Leadership Academy is taking steps to develop equality and diversity professionals. It aims to give them the skills they need to become senior mangers, as well as teach them how to influence trust chief executives and move the issue up the NHS agenda. Kay Ollivierre, engagement and inclusion manager for north-west London cluster, is responsible for a team of 10 equality leads across the district.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/dec/19/equality-leadership-nhs-how-to-get-ahead">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkLeadership and managementWork practicesPublic sector careersSocietyNHSHealthCareersWed, 19 Dec 2012 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/dec/19/equality-leadership-nhs-how-to-get-aheadPhotograph: Alamy'The programme will help equality leads overcome some of the barriers to promotion'. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: Alamy'The programme will help equality leads overcome some of the barriers to promotion'. Photograph: AlamyDebbie Andalo2012-12-19T08:30:00ZHow to get ahead in ... NHS managementhttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/sep/05/how-to-get-ahead-nhs-management
Applicants for the NHS graduate management scheme need qualities such as resistance and good diplomatic skills<p>Simon Pizzey believes the NHS graduate management training scheme is crucial to the success of the government's reforms because it creates fresh-thinking managers not held back by traditional ways of working.</p><p> Pizzey, business intelligence development lead at the <a href="http://www.slam.nhs.uk/" title="">South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust</a> who graduated from the programme this summer, says: "I think this scheme is especially important now, as the reforms are based on a system which relies on personal relationships and people working in a more collegiate fashion which is a completely new way of working."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/sep/05/how-to-get-ahead-nhs-management">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkEnglandWork practicesLeadership and managementPublic service reformSocietyPublic sector careersHealthNHSPublic Leaders NetworkManagementHealth and social careCareersWed, 05 Sep 2012 08:00:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/sep/05/how-to-get-ahead-nhs-managementPhotograph: Chris Ison/PAGraduates need a minimum 2:2 in any degree to apply for the scheme. Photograph: Chris Ison/PAPhotograph: Chris Ison/PAGraduates need a minimum 2:2 in any degree to apply for the scheme. Photograph: Chris Ison/PADebbie Andalo2012-09-05T08:00:02ZHow to get ahead in … healthcare leadershiphttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/jun/20/get-ahead-healthcare-leadership-academy-nhs
How can the NHS Leadership Academy give people the skills, knowledge, behaviours and attitudes to be a top leader?<p>A year after being recruited to the <a href="http://www.topleaders.nhs.uk/login/default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx" title="">NHS Top Leaders</a> programme Liz Mear became chief executive of an NHS trust. It is a role she had aspired to but believes the programme gave her the confidence to make the leap. Mear, who is chief executive of the Walton centre NHS foundation trust in Liverpool says: "I had been thinking about becoming a chief executive and I think that the diagnostic element of the programme gave me the clarity I was after. It made me realise that I was very balanced which was very good in order to be a chief executive."</p><p>The Top Leaders initiative, which was originally developed by the former NHS National Leadership Council and involves around 900 top NHS executives, was taken over by the new <a href="http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/" title="">NHS Leadership Academy</a> which was officially launched in April. For the first time all leadership programmes for the NHS – for those from either a clinical or non-clinical background – have been brought together under the umbrella of the Academy. Bringing clinical leaders together with those making their way to the top of the NHS from a non-clinical route has definite advantages, according to Mear who says: "There were a number of clinicians with me on the top leaders; that was one of the benefits because they bring a different perspective to things. I think when you look at the NHS, clinicians and non-clinicians have got to be hand in hand."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/jun/20/get-ahead-healthcare-leadership-academy-nhs">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkSocietyHealthLeadership and managementCareersWed, 20 Jun 2012 11:05:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/jun/20/get-ahead-healthcare-leadership-academy-nhsPhotograph: Martin Godwin/GuardianAll NHS leadership programmes have been brought together under the umbrella of the NHS Leadership Academy. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the GuardianPhotograph: Martin Godwin/GuardianAll NHS leadership programmes have been brought together under the umbrella of the NHS Leadership Academy. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the GuardianDebbie Andalo2012-06-20T11:05:26ZHow to get ahead in ... school nursinghttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/may/16/get-ahead-school-nursing
The Nitty Nora image of the school nurse does not match the reality of today's professional. Debbie Andalo reports<p>The role of the school nurse has changed significantly from the traditional image of somebody who checks children for nits and hands out paracetamol with a few words of comfort.</p><p>Today, a school nurse has key public health responsibilities, is unlikely to be based in a school and could spend up to 70% of the week involved in safeguarding and child protection work.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/may/16/get-ahead-school-nursing">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkLeadership and managementGPs and primary carePublic healthCareersWed, 16 May 2012 09:10:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/may/16/get-ahead-school-nursingPhotograph: CorbisSchool nurse circa 1935 makes boys take their medicine. This jokey, traditional image does not reflect the working lives of today's professional. Photograph: CorbisPhotograph: CorbisSchool nurse circa 1935 makes boys take their medicine. This jokey, traditional image does not reflect the working lives of today's professional. Photograph: CorbisDebbie Andalo2012-05-16T09:10:00ZHow to get ahead in ... diabetes specialist nursinghttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/mar/14/get-ahead-diabetes-specialist-nursing
The number of specialist diabetes nurses is falling – despite a rise in the number of people diagnosed with the condition<p>The next workforce survey about the number of diabetes specialist nurses (DSN) working in the NHS, due out this spring, is expected to show that more posts are being left unfilled even though the number of people with this chronic condition is continuing to increase.</p><p>The Royal College of Nursing's long-term conditions adviser, Amanda Cheesley, says: "There is no doubt that all over the country DSN care is diminishing – whether that is happening covertly or overtly. I don't think this year's survey results are going to be any better than those of last year."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/mar/14/get-ahead-diabetes-specialist-nursing">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkLeadership and managementPolicyWork practicesCareersWed, 14 Mar 2012 09:39:11 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/mar/14/get-ahead-diabetes-specialist-nursingPhotograph: Jeffrey Hamilton/Getty ImagesA woman using a diabetes test kit. Photograph: Jeffrey Hamilton/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Jeffrey Hamilton/Getty ImagesA woman using a diabetes test kit. Photograph: Jeffrey Hamilton/Getty ImagesDebbie Andalo2012-03-14T09:39:11ZNHS internship helps retain talenthttps://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/feb/08/nhs-internship-retain-graduate-talent
An internship programme is helping to retain talented individuals who narrowly miss getting on the NHS graduate management scheme. Debbie Andalo talks to one intern who used it to kickstart her career<p>A paid graduate internship scheme gave Julianne Ilebode the first hand experience she needed to start her public sector career in the NHS.</p><p>Twenty-one year old Ilebode narrowly failed last year to win a coveted place on the NHS graduate development management scheme – traditionally seen as the launch pad of tomorrow's health service leaders. This year 12,000 graduates are competing for just 150 places.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/feb/08/nhs-internship-retain-graduate-talent">Continue reading...</a>Healthcare NetworkLeadership and managementWorkforceCareersWed, 08 Feb 2012 10:22:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2012/feb/08/nhs-internship-retain-graduate-talentPhotograph: RubberBall / Alamy/AlamyAn internship programme is helping to retain talented individuals from the NHS graduate management scheme. Photograph: RubberBall / Alamy/AlamyPhotograph: RubberBall / Alamy/AlamyAn internship programme is helping to retain talented individuals from the NHS graduate management scheme. Photograph: RubberBall / Alamy/AlamyDebbie Andalo2012-02-08T10:22:17Z